Episode 69.
“Hmm?”
Blue Duck finally clicked on the notification for the live broadcast audience.
It had been a long time since the last announcement, right after the position voting a week ago.
Just thinking about the mental anguish from that time still made her grind her teeth.
Our Cheong. She probably… ended up as the seventh sub-vocalist.
It was still a sore point that the fans didn’t have enough power to secure the main vocalist position for her.
Anyway, a grudge was a grudge.
Since the real game was the live broadcast, Blue Duck focused on reading the notification.
In fact, ever since PD Oh’s interview about changing the live broadcast voting method, there had been many rumors circulating within the Menucal fandom.
First of all, there were many rumors about why the voting method was suddenly changing.
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Ah… Is it because they want to push Yoon Cheong and make it favorable for her?
Ugh, those damn eternal idols. Yoon Cheong’s fans keep pushing her. What kind of once-in-a-millennium idol is she, anyway? If she’s a once-in-a-millennium villain, I’ll accept that⌒⌒
Colors really like Yoon Cheong, huh?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ…
Mnet: Please vote for Yoon Cheong
Me: F*** you
Twitter friends: Decapitate Mnet
Colors fans, what is Yoon Cheong that you push her this much? Is she secretly blood-related to someone important?
If they’re increasing the number of judge picks instead of just one, that’s definitely a rigged gameㅋㅋ They’re trying so hard to push her in.
└Ah, if they increase the number of judge picks or add judge scores, I’ll kill Mnet.
Let’s just do a clean popularity vote 100%. If they suddenly add some weird benefit, I’ll beat up Mnet Colors.
Although nothing had been officially announced yet, people started bashing Yoon Cheong right away.
Even though online reactions were only part of the response, it didn’t look that way to Blue Duck.
Above all, she was most worried about Yoon Cheong, who would be seeing all these reactions.
But finally!
The notification for the live broadcast was up.
“…Oh…”
What was this?
Blue Duck was a bit confused.
Actually, she also thought Colors would find a way to help Yoon Cheong, knowing how unfairly she had been treated.
Since Yoon Cheong was currently at a disadvantage in the live broadcast vote due to false accusations, she thought they would add other benefits or increase judge picks.
Then, even though there would be backlash, if it meant their child could debut, they could endure it for a bit.
But the notification completely defied expectations.
What the heck, did everyone see Mnet’s announcement?
??Mnet suddenly being rational…?
They removed the judge picks and went 100% with the live broadcast vote. Clean and simple.
└For real??
└└Why suddenly??
Of course, I did say they should do that, but actually doing it is surprising. What are you up to, Mnet bastards?
Originally, the debut was for the top four in the live broadcast vote and one judge pick, making a total of five.
They removed the judge pick, so now the top five in the live broadcast vote would debut.
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Oh, but the voting time has been shortened a bit??
You watch all the individual interviews and the second performance before voting? Then there’s not much difference?
The live broadcast is three and a half hours long, so…
└Still, isn’t one hour too short????
Wow, but why did the Mnet bastards suddenly get their act together?ㅋㅋㅋ
I love conspiracy theories, so I think there’s a scheme here tooㅋㅋㅋ
Let’s go all out in the one-hour voting period #Gather_RyeoYuFans #KimRyeoYu_AbsoluteCenter
With this confusing live broadcast notice, Blue Duck’s worries piled up like a mountain.
“…Should I start saving up so Cheong can set up her own company…?”
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Despite many conspiracy theories and rumors, the live broadcast day approached.
Today was the D-Day.
Prism
I’m feeling dizzy;
Seriously… I took Tylenol today
I’m so stressed out
Blue Duck and Prism Homma had become fan friends after exchanging numbers at the guerrilla concert.
But surprisingly, neither of them applied to attend the live broadcast.
Prism
I’m staying home to encourage my acquaintances to vote
I gave up on attending this live broadcastㅋㅠ
Oh, me too
I came to my parents’ house because I have to vote using their phones;
I’m afraid my parents might vote wrongㅋㅋㅋ
Exactly
Even young people make a lot of mistakes with text votingㅎㅎ
They’re offering a lot of prizes for verifying text votes on the timeline…
How do Kim Ryeo-yu’s fans have so much money;
I even saw someone offer a car;
That seems fake, doesn’t it?
I also think it’s a bit much..
Oh, it’s starting!!
With that, both put down their phones for a while.
It was time to face their favorite.
It was also the time when their favorite’s fate would be decided.
Prism
Ah, the beginning is always them bragging…
Mnet people are consistentㅋㅋ
With emotional music, they boasted about Make a New Color’s popularity.
It showed its international reach, numerous cover videos, and street interviews with fans.
Then followed interviews with Colors’ CEO, Hong Yeonseo, and the trainers.
[Hong Yeonseo: What’s your new color, make a new color. Thank you for supporting Colors trainees and <Make a New Color>. We ask for your continued support in the future.]
Prism
Doesn’t Hong Yeonseo look like a seasoned idol?
When she first said Menucal’s slogan,
I thought she was doing an idol cheerㅋㅋ
That composure… She looks so cool
Even though she’s a terrible person…
[Hello, Colorists. Today is the last broadcast of <Make a New Color> and also the first live broadcast.]
Do Hee-young came out to announce the official start.
[Regarding the live broadcast vote, I’ll explain. Starting from now, exactly two hours later, the voting will begin. Colorists, please choose the five trainees you want to debut while watching the broadcast. Not one, but five. Choose five new colors.]
Five people.
For Blue Duck and Prism Homma, one person was already decided.
The problem was the remaining four.
As if reading their minds, the trainees appeared.
Producer: You’ve all listened to the first debut song, right?
[Trainees: Yes!]
Producer: Then, we will now announce the positions and parts for each position.
Caption: Trainees are surprised by the part distribution list
[Juhong: Oh, I was really surprised. Out of eleven, six can only sing one or two lines….]
[Yu-hyun: This, really, you’d want to at least be the second or third sub-vocalist. That’s what I thought.]
Producer: We will explain the position distribution method briefly.
The producers briefly explained the position distribution method.
The trainees’ faces on camera were full of despair.
Especially, the camera focused mainly on Yoon Cheong.
It zoomed in to a burdensome degree.
Producer: How did you feel when you learned that the position would be determined by a 12-hour vote?
[Ryeo-yu: Ah, it felt difficult…. Something like that? I hope fans understand my feelings!]
[Bo-ra: …PD, you’re too much, aren’t you?]
[Geum: Gosh, really, until the end, did you have to torment us to be satisfied? That’s how I felt.]
Caption: Oh, that’s too much.
Caption: The squid PD weeps….
[Cheong: ….]
Caption: Trainee Yoon Cheong, whose expression has not been good since earlier….
[Cheong: Ah, I think… I just sort of resigned myself to it.]
Producer: Why did you resign yourself?
[Cheong: I felt like I’d probably be the seventh sub-vocalist… so I tried to prepare my mind in advance.]
Producer: You were MVP of MVP not long ago, why did you think that?
[Cheong: I feel like Colorists’ minds have changed a lot now.]
Footage: Massive negative comments towards trainee Yoon Cheong
[Cheong]
[12 reasons why Yoon Cheong’s personality sucksㅋㅋ]
[Cheong: Since I also see everything… I can’t not know.]
Producer: What did you think while seeing that?
[Cheong: I felt very sorry to the Colorists who liked me. I thought they must be very disappointed with me…. And I was very grateful to those who still believed in me and waited for me despite my shortcomings.]
Producer: If you could choose any position you want, which position would you like?
[Cheong: Haha.]
[Cheong: Actually, I don’t have one. I’d be grateful for any position.]
Caption: In the end… Trainee Yoon Cheong received the seventh sub-vocalist position
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Ah, Cheongㅠㅠㅠ
Damn, I want to save our Cheong from that damn bastard
There was a huge real-time reaction on social media.
But the public opinion was still not good.
Except for Yoon Cheong’s fans, the reactions were unfavorable.
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Ah, so dramatic, trying so hard to evoke sympathy
ㅋㅋㅋ Seriously disgusting; live your life properly if you want to avoid thisㅋㅋㅋ
Caption: Another trainee… who was downcast
[Juhong: Sigh.]
[Juhong: But, well. I’ll work hard no matter what part I get. It’s okay.]
Caption: Trainee Yeon Juhong forcing a bright smile
Caption: But in reality
…
Caption: At some point, trainee Yeon Juhong disappeared to the restroom
[Juhong: Oh. Are you following me to the restroom?!]
Caption: Pretending to smile, but tears are visible in her eyes….
Producer: What position did you want?
[Ryeo-yu: Me?]
Caption: Trainee Kim Ryeo-yu smiling brightly
[Ryeo-yu: I wanted… main vocalist?!]
[Ryeo-yu: Ah, no. Now that I think about it, that would be tough. I’ll go for lead vocalist!]
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Ah, Ryeo-yu Princessㅠㅠㅠ Princess, you’re so pretty
Huh, our baby can take any position she wants
Look how humble she is, unlike someone elseㅠ Our Ryeo-yu obviously deserves main vocalist, but she humbly steps down to lead
Our baby is so well-mannered
Caption: And really, trainee Kim Ryeo-yu got the lead vocalist position as she wanted
Caption: Congratulations~~
After announcing the positions one by one,
A small mission was given along with the second mission song, to decide the teams.
[Producer: So, discuss among yourselves and tell us how you will form the teams.]
Caption: Which trainee will be the most popular choice for team formation?
Of course, it’ll be Seo Baek-young
Definitely not Cheongsang poisonㅋㅋ
Kim Geum is also likely to be popular
Yeon Juhong seems a bit fierce and cunning, so probably not popularㅋㅋ
└Besides, she even took her teammate’s partㅋㅋ
└└Who would like someone who steals their part and pretends nothing happened?
[Bo-ra: I choose Cheong unnie.]
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